by admin | Sep 14, 2017 | featured, Natural Sciences, Open Data
On Friday September 15th 2017, the NASA’s Cassini mission wil end in a rather final way: The Cassini orbiter will embark on a planned orbital descent and will be destroyed by Saturn’s atmosphere in the process. This step became necessary as the fuel supply on...
by admin | Sep 8, 2017 | featured, Open Access
OpenPNM is an open-source code to simulate multi-phase flow within porous media. It is based on a pore-network approach, i.e. the complex morphology of solid and non-solid space within a porous medium is abstracted by a network of pores and throats. Typically an...
by admin | Sep 1, 2017 | featured, Open Access
OpenFCST is an Open Source simulation code based on the popular dealii finite element library. The current main applications are 2D and 3D simulations for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs). The focus of OpenFCST is component development and operating...
by admin | Aug 27, 2017 | Climate Change, featured, Open Data, Open Science, Skeptic
Background Recently I encountered this very nice looking video on LinkedIn. It’s purpose is to show the scale of global warming since1900. It is based on data published by NASA, and it looked very impressive, until I looked closer: The bars are confusing. As...
by admin | Aug 10, 2017 | featured, Open Data, Open Science
The EU Open Data Portal allows public access to open data produced by EU institutions and bodies. It contains scientific, environmental, social, financial, economical, trade and other data sets. It can be access directly through a web interface, custom...
